<p class="p1">Tim and Joel look again at Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic, a game whose complexity allows for a more nuanced set of mechanics which make it a more “honest” city-building experience, as opposed to the sanitized colonialist and capitalist assumptions of many recent offerings in the genre.</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic</li> <li class="li1">Sim City 2000</li> <li class="li1">Cities: Skylines</li> <li class="li1">Anno 1800</li> <li class="li1">Factorio</li> </ul>

Tim and Joel look again at Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic, a game whose complexity allows for a more nuanced set of mechanics which make it a more “honest” city-building experience, as opposed to the sanitized colonialist and capitalist assumptions of many recent offerings in the genre. Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic Sim City 2000 Cities: Skylines Anno 1800 Factorio

<p>Tim and Joel look again at Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic, a game whose complexity allows for a more nuanced set of mechanics which make it a more “honest” city-building experience, as opposed to the sanitized colonialist and capitalist assumptions of many recent offerings in the genre.</p> <ul> <li>Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic</li> <li>Sim City 2000</li> <li>Cities: Skylines</li> <li>Anno 1800</li> <li>Factorio</li> </ul>

Mechanics and Morality in the City Builder

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